The August full moon is called the Sturgeon Moon and arrives on an extraordinary night: in addition to coinciding with a deep partial lunar eclipse, it promises to be one of the easiest to photograph over...
The Porto Book Fair is back at the Crystal Palace Gardens through September 6, featuring more than 200 events spread across 144 booths run by publishers, booksellers, and secondhand book dealers. We’ve pu...
Located along the right bank of the Douro River in Foz do Sousa (Gondomar), Zebreiros River Beach has been officially nominated for the 2026 River Beach of the Year award, presented by the Guide to Portug...
August in Porto means streets packed with tourists, but for music festival lovers, it’s time to head elsewhere. Still, there are destinations that festivalgoers from Porto might want to consider. An examp...
August is, every year, a bountiful month for those who enjoy gazing at the sky, and 2026 will be even more spectacular than usual: on the same day that Portugal witnesses the solar eclipse, the night of A...
On August 12, 2026, Portugal will host its first total solar eclipse on national territory since 1912. In Porto, the phenomenon will be visible as a very deep partial eclipse, with about 98% of the Sun’s...
August is synonymous with the beach, but also with rare astronomical phenomena. And there’s a very special one about to happen. We’re referring, more specifically, to the solar eclipse—the first total ec...
Summer is synonymous with music festivals, and one of the oldest on the Iberian Peninsula is about to return to Alto Minho: CA Vilar de Mouros will once again fill the air with music from August 18 to 22,...
On August 12, in the late afternoon, the sky over the Porto region will darken with a very deep partial solar eclipse—about 98% of the Sun’s disk will be covered by the Moon. This is the first time Portu...
On August 12, the Clérigos Tower will have special arrangements in place for anyone who wants to watch the solar eclipse from the top of one of Porto’s most iconic viewpoints, at a height of about 75 mete...